Still
Howard Shore Lyrics


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I am the harm that you inflict
I am your brilliance and frustration
I'm the nuclear bombs if they´re to hit
I am your immaturity and your indignance

I am your misfits and your praises
I am your doubt and your conviction
I am your charity and your rape
I am your grasping and expectation

I see you averting your glances
I see you cheering on the war
I see you ignoring your children

And I love you still
And I love you still

I am your joy and your regret
I am your fury and your elation
I am your yearning and your sweat
I am your faithless and your religion

I see you altering history
I see you abusing the land
I see you and your selective amnesia

And I love you still
And I love you still

I am your tragedy and your fortune
I am your crisis and delight
I am your profits and your prophets
I am your art I am your bytes

I am your death and your decisions
I am your passion and your plights
I am your sickness and convalescence
I am your weapons and your light

I see you holding your grudges
I see you gunning them down
I see you silencing your sisters

And I love you still
And I love you still

I see you lie to your country
I see you forcing them out
I see you blaming each other





And I love you still
And I love you still

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Howard Shore's "Still" are a complex and emotional exploration of human nature and the many contradictions and dualities that exist within us all. The singer of the song presents themselves as a kind of omnipresent force, embodying both the worst and best aspects of humanity: "I am the harm that you inflict...I am your charity and your rape...I am your joy and your regret...I am your profits and your prophets."


Throughout the song, the singer observes humanity engaging in both destructive and loving behaviors, from cheering on wars to ignoring their own children, from abusing the land to performing charitable acts. The singer sees humanity for all its flaws and contradictions, including selective memory, grudges, blame, and silencing of marginalized voices.


Despite all of this, though, the singer declares that they still love humanity: "And I love you still...And I love you still." This love is almost confounding and mysterious - even when confronted with the worst parts of humanity, the singer's love remains unwavering. Perhaps the singer represents something larger than humanity itself, something that sees beyond our individual actions and embraces us unconditionally.


Overall, "Still" is a powerful and thought-provoking meditation on the complexities of being human, and the capacity for love and compassion that exists within even the darkest corners of our hearts.


Line by Line Meaning

I am the harm that you inflict
I am the negative consequences of your actions


I am your brilliance and frustration
I am your creativity and your disappointments


I'm the nuclear bombs if they´re to hit
I am the destruction and fear caused by war


I am your immaturity and your indignance
I am your lack of experience and your rebellion against authority


I am your misfits and your praises
I am your outcasts and your moments of celebration


I am your doubt and your conviction
I am your uncertainties and your firm beliefs


I am your charity and your rape
I am your acts of kindness and your acts of violence


I am your grasping and expectation
I am your desires and your anticipation


I see you averting your glances
I see you avoiding eye contact


I see you cheering on the war
I see you encouraging and supporting war


I see you ignoring your children
I see you neglecting your responsibilities as a parent


And I love you still
Despite all of the negative things I am associated with, I still love you


I am your joy and your regret
I am your moments of happiness and your feelings of sorrow


I am your fury and your elation
I am your anger and your excitement


I am your yearning and your sweat
I am your desires and your hard work to achieve them


I am your faithless and your religion
I am your lack of belief and your spiritual practices


I see you altering history
I see you changing the course of events in the past


I see you abusing the land
I see you mistreating and damaging the environment


I see you and your selective amnesia
I see you forgetting certain things while remembering others


I am your tragedy and your fortune
I am your moments of sorrow and your strokes of luck


I am your crisis and delight
I am your difficult situations and your pleasures


I am your profits and your prophets
I am your financial gains and your spiritual leaders


I am your art I am your bytes
I am your creative works and your technological innovations


I am your death and your decisions
I am your mortality and your choices


I am your passion and your plights
I am your enthusiasm and your struggles


I am your sickness and convalescence
I am your illnesses and your recovery


I am your weapons and your light
I am your tools of violence and your sources of illumination


I see you holding your grudges
I see you harboring resentments


I see you gunning them down
I see you killing in cold blood


I see you silencing your sisters
I see you preventing women from having a voice


I see you lie to your country
I see you deceiving your nation


I see you forcing them out
I see you expelling people from their homes or countries


I see you blaming each other
I see you accusing others for faults or mistakes


And I love you still
Despite all of the negative things I am associated with, I still love you




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALANIS MORISSETTE, JOEL SHEARER

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Comments from YouTube:

Toni Rajalammi

John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Howard Shore. The three greatest movie composers of all time.

aarondavid826

John Barry and Patrick Doyle are up there too

KmiiVC

i would honestly have it like this:
3: The Return of the King
2: The Two Towers
1: The Fellowship of the Ring.

yeah, each installment in their place, i realize. lmao.
it's just... the track "The Breaking of the Fellowship", the one that plays at the end of the first film, might just be one of my favorite pieces of music ever. that one does it for me.

Savilan

1st one sounds similar in a way to Hollow Knight Resting grounds theme.

Rafael C. C.

Top 3 is obvious, but The Hobbit, mainly the second one, would definitely be in my top.

BUBI WAAN

Wait...where is the hobbit?

Бгали Ктов

at last. I've been waiting for you for so long.

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